New Fantasyland to create jobs, mark milestone for Disney

New Fantasyland officially opens Dec. 6

Disney gave a sneak peek of its newest area at the Magic Kingdom on Wednesday.

The new Fantasyland will nearly double the size of the current Fantasyland area of the park. It is growing from 11 acres to 21 acres.

The growth makes it the largest expansion in the park's history.

The area will officially open Dec. 6 and officials said park goers are expected to be dazzled.

Senior vice president of Creative Imagineering, Eric Jacobson, said guests are going to feel like the curtain has come down on the castle wall, the forest is open and that everyone will be running inside to find Belle, the Beast, Dumbo and Snow White.

Officials at the park said the project will create 1,500 jobs -- 800 in operations with 700 being in construction.

The expansion cost $425 million.

Images: Parts of Fantasyland open to guests

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Disney World opened new portions of its Fantasyland expansion on Friday in what they called a technical rehearsal. Disney said they do similar rehearsals with every expansion, and they don't give prior notice.